US EditionPixar Exec Defends Stripping 'Elio' of Gay Elements Amid 'Hoppers' Box-Office Success
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Pixar is living his particular critical rebirth with Hoppers, but in the shadow of his past film year the memory of Elio still remains. The family film is nominated for the Oscar for the best animated feature film, although it has now been reported by recent statements by Pete Docter, creative director of the flexo studio, who has gone out on the stage to defend the creative decision to eliminate the LGTB vision that the project initially had. P…
Pixar exec defends stripping 'Elio' of gay elements amid 'Hoppers' box-office success
The 2025 animated extraterrestrial buddy flick Elio, perhaps best known for its underperformance at the box office, was dealt another blow in a recent Wall Street Journal interview with Pixar Chief Creative Officer Pete Docter. While taking the fall for an unimpressive several years at the studio, during which sequels like Inside Out 2 have been its biggest hits, Docter said that Elio was overhauled after test audiences said they wouldn’t pay to…
According to affected employees of the American company, Disney has ordered that scenes depicting openly gay love be cut from the films.
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